Clothes drier



AP 5, 1955 F. s. KONSTANDT 2,705,377

' CLOTHES DRIER Filed Jan. 30. 1951 United States Patent The'invention relates, to-a drying device .forpclothes which may be suspended at a wall or convenient height out of use.

The invention refers to a drying'device suspended to a 3 wall which may be chargedand emptied from beneath.

Y fan and an airheater act within a cover or of the apparatus. w 1

Another object of the invention is to provide means rovision of means II! q v f bFigs. l and 2 show adryingdevice with a drying-cham-" For shortening the drying-process preferably an electric will be used and these elements will to fold the lower'part of the apparatus against the wall when out of use.

Still another object of the invention resides in the for retaining, the heated onger period inside of the apparatus.

being a vertical front view formed by a curtaimFig. l i

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, at right partially in section. angle, of Figure l.

put'thereto at a so as to be out of way in the rooms where it will be used. It furthermore may be folded upon f the wallincreasing thus still further the free space when j hood disposed at the upper part air for a j i k {against the wall and at a height whichis equal or superior These and other objects of the invention will be pointed out in the following description and claims and illustrated; in the accompanying drawings which disclose, by way I of example, the principle of the invention. lnthe draw- 1 21' i Patented Apt-.5, i955 The hangers. 6-4-7. accordingto this inventionhave one opened arm in thej'part 6 so towels orsimilarobjects f. i.

a j [,an "extended handle 7,,as agraspmg means. Preferably he se hangers can be jrr a de 1 of plastic, strong. wire or be put on easily. .QFurthermore the hangers have "While the assai ants an drawings are directed to electric heating means gasor any liquid fuel may be used as well without d Performance of arting fiorn the chara c'teristics of the invention. i a r the, device is as follows:

i draw the hangers 6-7; from thetransversc rod using roller-en rain from beneath,

by connecting the current to the motor? withjts fan 11 and the resistance 4. *A

the handlesprovided atthe lower endgof the rods 7. The

clones to be dried are placed upon'these hangers, giving to these clothes opened, extended position, which I .make's" drying easier. Afterwards.

i I i the hangersi are put back upon rod 5, and the curtain 8 -(iFigs; l and 2 or the 13 (Figs. ,3qand4) is closed. Thus filled operation .of thedrying device is-.-started hot air current will be produced whereby the clothes will be dried. Uniform distribution "of warmfairlin thellower portion of chamber 15 is caused by perforated ,plate ,9 of air fromv chamber gartially obstructing the discharge v1 Whenthe apparatus. is not in use the curtain or roller- I curtain is foldedback as has been shownin dotted lines Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate another type which in front. is

closed by means of a roller-curtain; Figure 3 being. afront of Figure 3.

inFigs. 2 an'd 4. TheLapparatus then will not cause any trouble wherever. it will be placed as it will 'rcmain folded to. the hcightpf any person. a

but is broad cnough to cover all structurescoming within the scope of the annexed claims and what is claimed as newand desired to besecured by Lett er Patent, is:

;.l. A clothes drier comprising, in combination, an es- "sentially rigid substantially horizontal hood covering a substantial cross-sectional .area, said hood having a ,lower portion defining said area and an aperture in the topof smaller cross-section, a motor-driven fan mount- In the different illustrations the same reference numbers refer to identical parts.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown in Fig. l the cover or hood;

1, containing the electric motor 3 with fan 11 and the electric-resistance 4 for heating the air. The hood also contains a transverse rod 5 for supporting the hangers 6-7. Furthermore the hood contains a device to fasten the apparatus against the wall 2.

Fastenedto the hood 1 a curtain 8 (Figs. 1 and 2) hangs down all around, forming the drying-chamber 15. This" curtain is closed in the front'with a zipper 12.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the chamber 15 is formed by a back. sheet 13, two pliable sidesheets l4 and acurtain 18 in form of a roller-curtain. t

The wet clothes are placed on the hangers 6-7. in

order to distribute the air-flow uniformly around thehangers 6-7 and to keep the air for a longer time in chamber 15, the bottom of the chamber is partially.

closed.

This can be obtained by closing forated plate 8 perforatedplate backside 16 of the curtain being made'of textile or I not in use, the perforate plate 9 can be lifted upwards to the-position 9' to fold the curtain 8 where it'may be held by any conventional means such as a cord or the the bottom with a per- 8 on the'lower end, the curtain I like against the wall to the position 8', or plate 9 can be dropped downwardly around axis 10 as indicated by the dotted double line extending downwardly from axis 10.

' .in order to permit free access to chamber from below.

In Figs. 3 and 4 one can see a roller-curtain ll which may be folded back along the axis 17 to the position 18' lastic. When .the. apparatus is draw in dotted lines in Fig; 4.. The perforatedplate 9.

' ing the flow of air through said casing.

as seen in the differentdrawings. This 9 in the Figs. 1 and 2 is fastened to the scntially air downwardly through said aperture, heating means arranged 1n the path of said blast to heat said blast, means attached to said hood for supporting clothes hanging downwardly from said supporting means, a flexible and collapsible sheet member forming a. casing attached to and depending from said lower portion over a substantial vertical distance, said casing embracing said firstnamed area and being open at the bottom, and means mounted on said casing adjacent said bottom for hold- 'ing said casing open, said means including spaced perforations for partially obstructing andevenly distribut- 2. Clothes drier according to claim 1 in which sai clothes-supporting means comprises at least one substantially horizontal rod attached with at least one .of its ends to said portion so as to clear said portion and the top of said hood over at least a major portion of the length of said rod, and a clothes hanger removably supported by, and depending from, said rod.

3. A clothes drier comprising, in combination, an esrigid substantially horizontal hood covering a substantial cross-sectional area, said hood having a lower portion defining said area and an aperture in the top of smaller -cross-section, a motor-driven fan mounted on said hood in said aperture, for forcing a blast of air downwardly through said aperture, heating means arranged in the path of said blast to heat said blast, means attached to said hood for supporting clothes hanging downwardly from said supporting means, a flexible and collapsible sheet member forming a casing attached to and deof air through said bottom,

for partially obstructing and evenly distributing the flow said plate being hingedly o in said lower portion.-

4. A. clothesdrier comprising means creating a blast of hot air, said' means comprising a hood open at both ends, av flexible and collapsible sheet member attached at its top edge-to said hoodand extending downwardly to form a clothes enclosing casing, and rigid means said casing in open position, said meansincluding spaced perforations for partially obstructing and evenly distributing the flow of air through said casing.

5. A drier inaccordance with claim 4 which comprises means for opening and closing said member over a substantial portion of its length.

6. A drier in accordancewitir claim 4 in which said rigid means comprises a perforated of the cross-section of said casing.

, 7. A drier in accordancewith claim 6 in which said plate-is in a substantially horizontal position.

8. A drier in accordance wrth claim-7 in which said' plate is in asubstantially vertical positron, said plate press- 1 ing the lower portion ofonje side of said-member against the lower portion of the opposite side of said member so as substantially to reduce the cross-section of said, casing i I means for holding said .plate in said position.

v 9., -A clothes drier comprising a-substantiallyhorizontal,

. essentially rigid hood having an opening in stop, an electric fan arranged in said hood belowsaid opening,

plate substantially mounted at the bottom edge of said member for holding I 10.. A clothes drier comprising. a substantially horizontal, essentially rigid hoodhaving an opening in its top, an electric fan arranged in said hood below said opening,

said fan taking suction from said opening and blowing air ina downward direction, heating means arranged in said hood below said fan in the path of said downwardly blown air, clothes-supporting means arranged in said hood below said heating means and in said path, a substantially vertical casing of. substantially rectangular horizontal cross-section depending from the lower-rim of said hood andfenclosingsaid path, two essentially rigid-sheet members forming two opposite vertical sides of said casing, two'essentially flexible sheehmembers forming the two other vertical sides of said cas1ng,'atleast one of said rigid-members beingpivotally supported by said rim, a

door arranged in one of said rigid members, means arporting means comprises a removable substantially horisaid {an taking suction from-said opening and-blowing air in'a downward direction, heating means arranged in said hood below said fan in the path of said-downwardly blown air, clothes s pp rting means arranged in, said hood below said heating means and in sa d path, a suba casing depending from the lower rim of said hood over a substantial distance and enclosing said path, said curtain having a su'bstantiallz vertical slot extending over at lusts mayor portion oft e length-oi said curtain, means for opening and closing said slot, a perforated plate ttorn edge of'said curtain, a portion ofv position.

stantialiy vertical flexible and collapsible curtain forming pivotal support through a substantially horizon means for'holding-said plate in said 45 ranged adjacent the lower end of one of-said rigid members for releasably holding the lowerend of' the other rigid member, and a perforated plate mounted on the lower-edge of said casing, a portion, of the rim of said plate being pivotally supported by saidcasing leavingthe unsupported portion of'said plate free to swing upwardly and downwardly above and below its point ofpivotal support through a substantially horizontal position and 11. The drier of claim 9 in which said clothes supzontal clothes hanger and a vertical bar rigidlyattached to and depending from said hanger over a substantial distance.

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